Mandelson! Mandelson!

by Herd, David

• ISBN13: 9781857548181
• ISBN10: 1857548183
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.

Summary

This zany and eclectic memoir incorporates haikus, sonnets, villanelles, and even a bank statement and isclaimer note into its adventurous account of the life of vibrant British politician and personality Peter Mandelson.

Author Biography

David Herd is a coeditor of Poetry Review and has written articles for The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, New Statesman, and The Times Literary Supplement.

Table of Contents

Disclaimer	9	(4)
About These Parts	13	(1)
My Young Youth	14	(2)
A Statement of Intent	16	(1)
In which the Poet, Trying to Come up with a Title for the Book he is Writing, becomes Anecdotal; and his Loyal Companion of Several Years' Standing Helps Out by Throwing a Log on the Fire	17	(3)
Notes Towards a New Method of Institutional Audit	20	(3)
Cherries	23	(2)
Modern Love	25	(3)
Mass Observation	28	(1)
On Once Seeing Gary Humes's `Daffodils' in Hoxton (I Wanted to Whistle)	29	(2)
To E.P.	31	(1)
Almonds	32	(1)
Apples	33	(1)
March 9th, 2001	34	(3)
In which the Poet Speaks of Time Spent in America, while Noting, in Passing, an Alimentary Complaint	37	(2)
Exile's Letter	39	(2)
Mass Observation	41	(1)
Prudence	42	(5)
Peter's Poem	47	(1)
Peter! Peter!	48	(3)
How to Breathe	51	(3)
Tuesday	54	(1)
My Life	55	(1)
The Poet's Dream	56	(2)
In Which the Poet and his Wife Address the State of the Nation	58	(1)
Untitled	59	(4)
On First Listening to Mahler's Second Symphony, otherwise known as the `Resurrection'	63	(1)
A Builder Sings	64	(1)
January 20th, 2003	65	(1)
In Person	66	(1)
Note to Self	67	(1)
Shops and Houses	68	(3)
A Poem	71	(2)
Walter de la Mare
Two Figures	73	(2)
To a Friend	75	(1)
A Note on the Title	76